Texas Education Code

§ 37.006 — REMOVAL FOR CERTAIN CONDUCT

ED § 37.006Title 2. PUBLIC EDUCATION · Part G. SAFE SCHOOLS · Ch. 37. DISCIPLINE; LAW AND ORDER · Art. A. ALTERNATIVE SETTINGS FOR BEHAVIOR MANAGEMENT

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(a)Subject to the requirements of Section 37.009(a), a student shall be removed from class and placed in a disciplinary alternative education program as provided by Section 37.008 if the student:

(1)engages in conduct involving a public school that contains the elements of the offense of false alarm or report under Section 42.06, Penal Code, or terroristic threat under Section 22.07, Penal Code; or

(2)commits the following on or within 300 feet of school property, as measured from any point on the school's real property boundary line, or while attending a school-sponsored or school-related activity on or off of school property:

(A)except as provided by Section 37.007(a), engages in conduct punishable as a felony;

(B)engages in conduct that contains the elements of the offense of assault under Section 22.01(a)(1), Penal Code;

(C)except as provided by Section 37.007(a)(3), sells, gives, or delivers to another person or possesses or uses or is under the influence of:

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Legislative history

Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 504 (H.B. 603), Sec. 3, eff. June 17, 2005. Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 948 (H.B. 968), Sec. 1, eff. June 17, 2011. Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 451 (S.B. 2135), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2019. Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 698 (S.B. 2432), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2019. Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 542 (H.B. 3928), Sec. 4, eff. June 10, 2023. Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 797 (H.B. 114), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2023. Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1066 (H.B. 6), Sec. 10, eff. June 20, 2025.